Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends!

The key to Dragon Ball's success isn't the over the top fight sequences or the ki blasts or insane power levels. At its core what has made this series so beloved for generations, are the characters. And here in this movie we have our favorite heroes and anti-heroes just hanging out and having a good time. It is what later episodes of Dragon Ball Super would figure out, just having these characters living their life can lead to some fun storytelling possibilities. The whole universe doesn't always have to be at stake.

Of course, a villain to fight does pop up eventually. It is a pair of villains so weak compared to our heroes that the fighters draw lots to see who will get to fight them.

As of right now, to the best of my knowledge, the movie hasn't received a Funimation English dub. So, be prepared to read subtitles if you don't speak Japanese.

The story does introduce a few things into continuity that I am not a fan of. Once the fight begins the story does lose some of its initial charm. The new characters this movie introduces aren't all that interesting, and they take time away that could be spent on the characters we came to see. At the time this came out, the world was hungry for some DragonBall content. All we had at the time was a couple episodes of Dragon Ball Z Abridged.

If you are a big fan of these characters and are excited about the prospect of Goku and Vegeta arguing over who gets the last bit of sushi, then this is the film for you. If that sounds boring, then you can go ahead and skip this one.